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This chapter begins the examination of Aquinas by asking: what does it mean to be deified? It is far from clear that Aquinas holds a doctrine of deification in the first place. One might spend long hours searching either of his Summae without encountering any reference to divinization whatsoever. Nevertheless, this awkward problem recedes when we treat Aquinas as we will Gregory. The chapter looks at direct references to deification in the Summa Theologiae. It considers the attributes of the Godhead and the doctrine of the Trinity.

This chapter begins the examination of Aquinas by asking: what does it mean to be deified? It is far from clear that Aquinas holds a doctrine of deification in the first place. One might spend long hours searching either of his Summae without encountering any reference to divinization whatsoever. Nevertheless, this awkward problem recedes when we treat Aquinas as we will Gregory. The chapter looks at direct references to deification in the Summa Theologiae. It considers the attributes of the Godhead and the doctrine of the Trinity.